Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 4 days ago"I’m just focusing on the present because the future is depressing"imagemessage-square61 fedilinkarrow-up1134file-text
arrow-up1134image"I’m just focusing on the present because the future is depressing"Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 4 days agomessage-square61 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
https://archive.is/2024.06.22-170905/https://fortune.com/2024/06/21/gen-z-neets-not-in-employment-education-or-training/
minus-squareZodiark [he/him]hexbear39·edit-24 days agoCalling 15-18 year olds "NEET" is a wild one. I think it's okay to take a gap year after high school, and take breaks from employment, education, and training now and then. Just don't do it for too long or you'll turn into link
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear20·4 days agoIf you're 15 and you're not in education or an apprenticeship/training of some kind, the state has failed you. link
minus-squareZodiark [he/him]hexbear4·4 days agoTrue, but students doing an apprenticeship/training is a bit more rare than just receiving a general secondary education. link
minus-squareNuraShiny [any]hexbear6·4 days agoTo be fair, child labor is legal again so these 15 year olds could already have 5-9 years of experience under their belt. They are being lazy and entitled by loafing about in school and learning how to read. link
minus-squareMeowZedong@lemmygrad.mlhexbear8·4 days ago15-18 yos? The oldest of Gen Z are about to turn 30. Not saying they're justified, just that Gen Z isn't just 15. linkfedilink
minus-squareOrionsMask [he/him,any]hexbear6·4 days agoIn their defense, the youngest members of Gen Z are around that age range. link
Calling 15-18 year olds "NEET" is a wild one.
I think it's okay to take a gap year after high school, and take breaks from employment, education, and training now and then.
Just don't do it for too long or you'll turn into![felix-linus felix-linus](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/de50e9e3-f65f-482b-b0bd-435ea1453888.png)
If you're 15 and you're not in education or an apprenticeship/training of some kind, the state has failed you.
True, but students doing an apprenticeship/training is a bit more rare than just receiving a general secondary education.
I would be okay with a generation of Felixs
To be fair, child labor is legal again so these 15 year olds could already have 5-9 years of experience under their belt. They are being lazy and entitled by loafing about in school and learning how to read.
15-18 yos? The oldest of Gen Z are about to turn 30. Not saying they're justified, just that Gen Z isn't just 15.
In their defense, the youngest members of Gen Z are around that age range.